Daytona Beach: Road rush at Petty Driving Experience

Turn One loomed beyond the windshield like an asphalt Everest. The massive, clifflike bank gave me electric chills. And I was heading for this towering wave of pavement at full throttle, unsure of my ability to drive through it. Flying along the wall at Daytona International Speedway is a bad...

Turn One loomed beyond the windshield like an asphalt Everest. The massive, clifflike bank gave me electric chills. And I was heading for this towering wave of pavement at full throttle, unsure of my ability to drive through it. Flying along the wall at Daytona International Speedway is a bad... (ORLANDO SENTINEL PHOTO BY DENNIS WALL)

Turn One loomed beyond the windshield like an asphalt Everest. The massive, clifflike bank gave me electric chills. And I was heading for this towering wave of pavement at full throttle, unsure of my ability to drive through it. Flying along the wall at Daytona International Speedway is a bad...